| 切る | きる | to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery); to sever (connections, ties) | n5 |
| 大切 | たいせつ | important; significant; serious; crucial | n5 |
| 一切 | いっさい | all; everything; entirety; the whole | n2 |
| 切れる | きれる | to break; to snap; to be cut; to split | n4 |
| 親切 | しんせつ | kind; gentle; considerate; generous | n4 |
| 切 | せつ | eager; earnest; ardent; kind | n2 |
| 思い切る | おもいきる | to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind | n2 |
| 切り | きり | end; finish; place to stop; bound | n1 |
| 適切 | てきせつ | appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt | n2 |
| 裏切る | うらぎる | to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to go back on | n2 |
| 切ない | せつない | painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive | n1 |
| 切符 | きっぷ | ticket | n5 |
| 横切る | よこぎる | to cross (e.g. road); to traverse | |
| 痛切 | つうせつ | keen; acute; heartfelt | n1 |
| 切らす | きらす | to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath) | n1 |
| 途切れる | とぎれる | to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short | n1 |
| 切実 | せつじつ | earnest; sincere; acute; keen | n1 |
| 切れ | きれ | piece; slice; strip; scrap | n3 |
| 切に | せつに | eagerly; earnestly; ardently | |
| 切迫 | せっぱく | pressure; urgency; tension; imminence | |
| 切り出す | きりだす | to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to begin to talk | n1 |
| 仕切る | しきる | to partition; to divide; to mark off; to direct | n1 |
| 締切 | しめきり | deadline; closing; cut-off; closing (a door, window, etc.) | n3 |
| 切断 | せつだん | cutting; severance; section; amputation | |
| 大切に | たいせつに | carefully; with (great) care; with caution | |
| 切腹 | せっぷく | seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period) | |
| 切り離す | きりはなす | to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever | n1 |
| 思い切り | おもいきり | to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; with all one's strength | n2 |
| 切手 | きって | stamp (postage); merchandise certificate | n5 |
| 区切る | くぎる | to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate | n2 |
| 切り取る | きりとる | to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out | n2 |
| 張り切る | はりきる | to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager | n2 |
| 澄み切る | すみきる | to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up | |
| 断ち切る | たちきる | to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations) | n1 |
| 切り上げる | きりあげる | to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early; to finish (at a convenient spot) | |
| 仕切り | しきり | partition; division; boundary; compartment | n1 |
| 切り開く | きりひらく | to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open | n1 |
| 切れ目 | きれめ | gap; break; rift; pause | n1 |
| 打ち切る | うちきる | to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close | n1 |
| 深切 | しんせつ | kind; gentle; considerate; generous | n4 |
| 閉め切る | しめきる | to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) | n2 |
| 振り切る | ふりきる | to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing | |
| 裏切り | うらぎり | treachery; betrayal; perfidy | |
| 切り抜ける | きりぬける | to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through | n1 |
| 切支丹 | キリシタン | Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian | |
| やり切れない | やりきれない | unable to finish (on time, etc.); unbearable; intolerable; beyond endurance | n1 |
| 切れ切れ | きれぎれ | pieces; scraps; disconnected | |
| 切り込む | きりこむ | to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to raid | |
| 踏切 | ふみきり | railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing | n2 |
| 切り口 | きりくち | cut end; section; opening; slit | n1 |
| 切子 | きりこ | facet; facetted object | |
| 不親切 | ふしんせつ | unkindness; unfriendliness | |
| 切望 | せつぼう | earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning | n1 |
| 品切れ | しなぎれ | out of stock; sold out | |
| 切り返し | きりかえし | counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip | |
| 懇切 | こんせつ | kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.); considerate; helpful; thoughtful | |
| 言い切る | いいきる | to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying | n2 |
| 見切り | みきり | abandonment; giving up; forsaking; bargain sale | |
| 切れ味 | きれあじ | sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness | |
| 乗り切る | のりきる | to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across; to get through (adversity) | n1 |
| 切口 | きりくち | cut end; section; opening; slit | n1 |
| 切先 | きっさき | point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack | |
| 金切声 | かなきりごえ | shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream | |
| 切り抜く | きりぬく | to cut out; to clip from; to extract | |
| 貸切 | かしきり | reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation | |
| 押し切る | おしきる | to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut | n1 |
| 息せき切る | いきせききる | to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow | |
| 切株 | きりかぶ | tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.) | |
| 苦り切る | にがりきる | to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown | |
| 売り切れ | うりきれ | sold-out | n3 |
| 締め切る | しめきる | to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) | n2 |
| 息切れ | いきぎれ | shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.) | |
| 仕切 | しきり | partition; division; boundary; compartment | n1 |
| 歯切れ | はぎれ | feel when biting; manner of enunciation | |
| 区切り | くぎり | pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end | n2 |
| 棒切れ | ぼうきれ | stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole | |
| 切々 | せつせつ | passionate; fervent; affecting; moving | |
| 小切手 | こぎって | cheque; check | |
| 値切る | ねぎる | to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle | |
| 切り落す | きりおとす | to cut off; to lop off; to prune | n1 |
| 打切る | うちきる | to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close | n1 |
| 皮切り | かわきり | beginning; start | n1 |
| 切り替える | きりかえる | to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew | n3 |
| 割り切れる | わりきれる | to be divisible (by); to be divided without residue (remainder); to be satisfied; to be convinced | |
| 切開 | せっかい | incision; operation; section | |
| はち切れる | はちきれる | to be filled to bursting; to burst | |
| 切りとる | きりとる | to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out | n2 |
| 切上げる | きりあげる | to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early; to finish (at a convenient spot) | |
| 切通し | きりどおし | road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting | |
| 切りぬく | きりぬく | to cut out; to clip from; to extract | |
| 句切る | くぎる | to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate | n2 |
| 紙切れ | かみきれ | piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper | |
| 哀切 | あいせつ | pathetic; plaintive | |
| 突っ切る | つっきる | to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across | |
| 切りあげる | きりあげる | to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early; to finish (at a convenient spot) | |
| 親切気 | しんせつぎ | kindheartedness | |
| 切り放す | きりはなす | to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever | n1 |
| 振切る | ふりきる | to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing | |
| 切身 | きりみ | cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet | |
| 金切り声 | かなきりごえ | shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream | |